West Texas A&M Lady Buffs tumble to Midwestern St., 74-55

The good news is the Lady Buffs have an inviting-looking stretch of schedule ahead. The bad news is the West Texas A&M women’s basketball team lost, 74-55, to Midwestern State on Wednesday night in Wichita Falls. The loss dropped WT to 2-7 overall, 0-3 in the Lone Star Conference, and Midwestern State improved to 6-1, 2-1.

Several factors contributed to the loss. Turnovers made a big difference — WT gave up the ball 23 times, while Midwestern State committed just 12.

The Mustangs played a solid game, in general. Skyler Warrick of Wellington came off the bench to lead Midwestern State scorers with 15 points. Three other Mustangs scored in double digits. Midwestern was an efficient 15 of 18 from the free-throw line and shot 28 of 55 from the field.

WT sophomore forward Chontiquah White played well in the loss. White led all scorers with 21 points and grabbed a seven rebounds, tied for the team high with sophomore Jordan Vessels. Junior guard Casey Land went 7 of 7 from the field and sank all three of her 3-point attempts on her way to 18 points.

The only other Lady Buff to total more than two points was junior guard Lacee Logan, who finished with 12.

“We’ve got to have more contributors,” said WT head coach Krista Gerlich.

The Lady Buffs have a chance to get thir first conference win when Cameron (1-5, 0-2) comes to Canyon for a 1 p.m. Saturday tipoff. WT will then close out December with three non-conference home dates before returning to LSC action Jan. 3 with a home game against Texas Woman’s.